Unrequited LOVE

•Chapter 15•

You're entirely unsure of what to do. Sans has disappeared and everyone is looking at you like you've committed a grievous sin.

"Um... did I do something wrong?" You ask tentatively. "Guys?"

Red flinches. "uh, where did ya learn t' do that...?"

"Since I've showed up here. Why?"

"because it's the same thing the kid-"

"WE'RE JUST SURPRISED, THAT'S ALL," Blue interjects, nudging Red with his elbow. The edgy skeleton growls, but snaps his mouth shut. "ISN'T THAT RIGHT, RED?"

"yeah, whatever."

They're hiding something, you can tell. Maybe it's best not to push, you decide. "Well, okay..."

Dust clears his nonexistent throat, glaring at Dream. "we ain't going back to your shitty castle, you know."

"well you'll have too, 'cause ya ain't stayin' with her," Red jerks his head in your direction.

"oh yeah? and who are you to decide that?" Dust bites back.

"ENOUGH!" Much to your surprise, it's Blue who interrupts the brewing argument. "WE DON"T HAVE TIME TO ARGUE LIKE BABYBONES!"

"then what do you suggest, baby blue?" Killer mocks.

Blue ignores the blatant jab. "I DON'T THINK CREATING ANOTHER POCKET IS A GOOD IDEA, BUT THERE MUST BE ANOTHER PLACE YOU ALL CAN STAY."

"Wait," you say, turning to look at Nightmare. "Didn't you used to live in a castle or something?"

He looks surprised by your knowledge. "I did."

"Then why can't you all just live there?" You ask. "It was your home before."

"then who would watch them?" Ink crosses his arms across his chest. "we don't have time to deal with both them and the infection."

"I can," you shrug. "It's practically half my job."

Blue looks like he wants to intervene, but Red beats him to it. "are ya sayin' ya want to live with these crazy psychopaths?!"

Not this again...

Horror bristles. "...we're not... crazy."

"oh yeah, tell that t' all the humans you've eaten, ya unhinged cannibal-"

With a demonic screech, Horror lunges for the smaller skeleton, whoo summons a barrage of jagged, red-tinted bones in response. The others are yelling, either rushing forward or readying their magic.

Make them stop-

Your SOUL rumbles angrily and you rase a hand, forming a barrier between the two. "ENOUGH!"

Your voice reverberates through the neutral-void, loud and commanding.

Silence. Eight pairs of eyelights turn to you, shocked. You must look pretty scary, wings extended and eyes glowing red and green.

"...shit."

***

You take a great, forcing yourself to calm down. "Red. Horror. Stop."

They do. Horror slinks away from his edgy counterpart, eyelight fixed on your face. He looks wary, like you're some sort of dangerous animal.

They're all looking at you like that, to be honest.

I don't like it.

The barrier fizzles away and your eyes return to their original color. "Now isn't the time to fight, not with everything that's going on."

"...(Y/N) IS RIGHT," Even Blue sounds nervous, eyelights flicking between you and the others. "WE CAN'T FIGHT, NOT RIGHT NOW, AT LEAST."

Heh, I can always count on Blue, at least.

"Thanks, Blue," you sigh. "I can stay at the castle with Nightmare and the others, if that's alright, of course. Creating another pocket wouldn't be a good idea and they obviously don't want to go back to your castle, Dream."

"thank you," You're sure you hear Killer mutter.

Dream glances at Blue with a helpless expression. You've cornered them with a decent plan, and they know it. "...Nightmare?"

"I have no objections," the goopy skeleton makes a shrugging motion. "I wouldn't recommend trying your plan, Dream, unless you want a fight."

"Well... I guess it'll be alright."

Gotcha, you think. "Don't worry, Dream, I'll be fine."

Red snorts sardonically, looking like he wants to say something. You hope he isn't too shaken up by your display. Ink too.

"Then it's settled," Nightmare says. "(Y/n) will live in the castle with me and my subordinates."

You resist the urge to laugh. If anything, he treats them like his friends - family, even. You big softie, Nightmare.

"Yes, it is," there's a strange edge to Dream's voice. His golden eyelights settle on you. "(Y/n), may I have a moment of your time?"

"Uh, sure," you allow him to take your hand and pull you a few meters from the group. "What is it?"

"Do you really want to go with him?"

Blunt much. "I wouldn't have said it if I didn't mean it. Where is this even coming from?"

He hesitates. "...It's nothing. I was just asking."

You had a feeling it was much more than that. "Alright..."

A pause. "We should go back."

"Good idea."

When you both walked back. Nightmare and Horror were standing by a portal, the later perking up when you approached. "hey, (y/n)."

You offered him a friendly smile. "Hi."

"Ready to go?" Nightmare asks.

"Yeah," you half expect one of the others to latch on to you in an attempt to prevent you from going, but they don't.

"SEE YOU LATER!" Blue calls when walk through.

"Bye!" With a wave, you're gone as the portal closes behind you.

***

Reader putting those boys in their place XD

The plot is changing and it shows. Beware of Gaster!